Background
Specter, Arlen was born on February 12, 1930 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Harry and Lillie (Shanin) Specter.
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
Specter, Arlen was born on February 12, 1930 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Son of Harry and Lillie (Shanin) Specter.
Student, University Oklahoma, 1948. Bachelor International Relations, University Pennsylvania, 1951. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1956.
Magisterial investigator Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1965. Assistant district attorney City of Philadelphia, 1959-1963, district attorney, 1966-1974. Partner Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, 1956-1966, 74-80.
United States Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981—2011. Chairman United States Senate Judiciary Committee, 2005—2007, United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 1995—1997, United States Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, 1997—2001, 2001, 2001—2003. Assistant counsel Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Commission), 1964.
Lecturer University Pennsylvania Law School, 1968—1972, Temple University Law School, 1972—1975. 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1951-1953.
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National Advisory Committee on Peace Corps since 1969. White House Conference on Youth 1971, Governor Justice Commission, Regional Planning Council, National Advisory Commission, on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, Criminal Rules Committee of Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Judicial Council of Philadelphia American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
Bar Associations, National Council on Alcoholism.
Married Joan Lois Levy, June 14, 1953. Children: Shanin, Stephen.